The prosecution of “others”

Presidential rhetoric and the interrelation of framing, legal prosecutions, and the Global War on Terror

Bibliographic Data

ID12919082
AuthorsAthena Chapekis (Miami University, corresponding author), Sarah M Moore (Miami University)
Year2019
Volume12
Issue3
Pages533-553
Publication date2019-04-18
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Studies on Terrorism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-9161 • E-ISSN: 1753-9153
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17539153.2019.1599164
OpenAlexW2939669407
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited19

In examining the Global War on Terror, the effects of presidential rhetoric on the framing of terrorism has been well documented. However, little previous work links terrorism and its status as an “othered” phenomenon to differential legal prosecution in a post-9/11 era. Using the Prosecution Project data set, we compared “othered” individuals, as defined by a Muslim, Arab/Middle Eastern, and/or foreign-born status, to “non-othered” individuals charged with terroristic felonies. Furthermore, we subdivided the dataset into three analytical time blocks: the George W. Bush administration immediately post-9/11, the latter half of the Bush administration, and the Obama administration. For the first and third time blocks, we found that “othered” individuals were prosecuted significantly more frequently than “non-othered” individuals. These findings call into question the effect of presidential rhetoric and the national framing of terrorism on the legal prosecution of “othered” individuals

Criminology · Framing (construction · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Rhetoric · Sociology · Terrorism · War on terror · Global Security and Public Health · History · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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